The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, is a right-wing communalist party committed to imposing IMF austerity.

The left-leaning coalition of newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won 159 of the legislature's 225 seats

Colombo: Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a resounding victory in Friday's parliamentary elections, securing a two-thirds majority and dominating the Jaffna electoral district,

The National People's Power (NPP) party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has secured a landslide victory in Sri Lanka's parliamentary ele

Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party (NPP) won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to partial results released by the Sri Lankan Elections Commission. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya, or United People’s Power Party, led by opposition leader Sajith Premedasa, had 31 seats.

Sri Lanka's National People’s Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, clinched a significant victory by winning the parliamentary elections with a two-thirds majority, marking a historic shift in Jaffna,

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's party wins majority, boosting his legislative power. Focus shifts to poverty and corruption reforms.

Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.